DeFi

DeFi

Tecnologie

DeFi risk management giant Gauntlet sees $380 million exit as OKX crypto campaign ends

Gauntlet noted that deposits are now back to same levels before the campaign, and has navigated large capital swings before due to incentive campaign endings, airdrops, and shifts in market conditions which regularly produce short-period swings in either direction.

Gauntlet's Tarun Chitra speaks on a CoinDesk virtual panel (CoinDesk)

Finanza

Browser maker Opera seeks 160 million CELO stake to become key network stakeholder

The proposed allocation represents a major share of Celo's circulating supply and 16% of its maximum supply.

opera browser on smartphone (Zulfugar Karimov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Mercati

Bitcoin’s biggest DeFi drawback under attack as OpNet unlocks smart contracts on mainnet

Bitcoin’s biggest limitation is being challenged as OpNet brings native, yield-generating DeFi directly to the Bitcoin mainnet.

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Mercati

Venus’ XVS token plunges 9% as exploit leaves protocol with bad debt

The exploit, which occurred on March 16, didn’t appear to impact XVS prices until analysis showed major holders moving large amounts to exchanges.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

CoinDesk Indices

Crypto Long & Short: When price stops working, yield starts mattering

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Ruchir Gupta writes on how we’re moving toward a true fixed-income market for crypto-native yield. Then, Clara García Prieto on bitcoin becoming mainstream collateral, but most are not prepared for its risks.

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Politiche

CFTC chair highlights wide crypto agenda, including rules on DeFi, prediction markets

Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief Michael Selig updated his progress on guidance for DeFi developers, crypto derivatives and prediction markets.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finanza

Kraken's tokenized stock venue starts points program, hinting at possible ecosystem token

The initiative will reward trading and DeFi use of tokenized stocks as the sector tops $1 billion and gains traction with major exchanges.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinioni

The Multibillion-dollar shift turning prediction markets into a professional hedging tool

Traders are moving beyond sports bets and elections to price "unpriceable" geopolitical and policy risks that standard financial tools can’t handle.

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Web3

Aave governance rift deepens as major governance group exits $26 billion DeFi protocol

The conflict centered on a proposal to fund product development and expansion, which ACI opposed due to concerns over self-voting and lack of transparency.

Chess piece being moved (Ahmed/Unsplash+/Modified by CoinDesk)

Tecnologie

Flare and Xaman unlock one-click DeFi access for over 2 billion XRP sitting idle in wallets

The integration lets XRP holders deposit into yield-generating vaults through a single transaction without leaving their existing wallet or bridging assets manually.

XRP News